This immediately brought to mind "Appointment at Samarra." Slightly different spelling. There are multiple works with the title.

I've always called them 'helicopters'.  I never knew their 'official' name.  

41 minutes ago, Superpride said:

Before reading this post, I only heard "Samara" used as a name like the main antagonist in the American adaption of The Ring and the Asari Justicar in the video-game trilogy Mass Effect. Makes me wonder if they were named this purposely, then again I don't think a murderous ghost or biotic-empowered, blue-skinned alien have anything in common with a flower. Nice to know its meaning, though.

The slightly different spelling of Samarra has a long and interesting history and appears frequently to this day in pop culture from Sherlock to Supernatural. Appointment in Samarra is also the title of John O'Hara's first book. If you aren't familiar with the old Mesopotamian fable, you can see it here:

http://blog.abdulfatir.com/2017/01/the-origin-of-fable-appointment-in.html